T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.
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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?
Read moreYesterday we had a virus rampant on the computer networks at work. Apparently it had been sitting dorment for a couple of months before attacking and shuttting down all the Windows 2000 computers (the older bulky machines are Win2K rather…
Continue reading…so because I want to post something but I don’t want to post whiny-moans, here’s a meme I knabbed from nevers Go to my userinfo page if you need to for this one. Pick someone on my friends list that…
Continue readingIt’s funny, but I seem to be able to talk with people here on livejournal, and with those people via email and IM – people that I’ve never actually met in real life, whereas I find myself unable to talk…
Continue reading…I finally gain access to my computer again. We had a power cut at work this morning. There I was busily running through the files for the latest issue of the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, when suddenly, the…
Continue readingI have just watched the season two episode, Sex, She Wrote in which bad girl Abby Morgan interferes with the private matters of our six heroes for her own sadistic pleasure (and the completion of an English project to come…
Continue readingnevers will no doubt be pleased to hear that I have made the mix cd, and burned if onto disk. All that remains, is for me to finish (okay, do) the coverart for Soundtrack to Saaremaa, and it can be…
Continue readingA post, in which I tell of being contacted by someone from Poland who has discovered my liking of Estonian pop act Vanilla Ninja, and seems to want my help in making them more popular in the UK… From: Charles…
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Continue readingI’ve just learnt the Hungarian for ‘cheese’… It’s sajt (pronounced: shite)
Continue readingI’m listening to Vanilla Ninja’s new album, and you know what, it’s good. Not bad for a band that I discovered on the front cover of the airport magazine in Tallinn last year, and bought their first album blind off…
Continue readingI’ve just been told. My application wasn’t successful. Not that I’m really surprised, I had already worked (before they said) that I was up against some very strong competition. However, apparently I do have some very strong technical skills (thanks,…
Continue readingMy Best Friend is rachel2205 Our 27 common interests are: arthurian legend, buffy, castles, chocolate, creative writing, desserts, fairies, fairy tales, history, literature, monty python, mythology, poetry, ray bradbury, reading, ruins, seafood, shakespeare, sky gazing, smiling, sunshine, the brontes, the…
Continue readingBased on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in 1. music score: 26 Yes, but vague… 2. eddie izzard score: 23 Piece of satsuma anyone?…
Continue readingThis morning my brother and his wife celebrated the birth of their baby boy. 7lbs something, brown hair and Ian’s lips apparently (ah well, the trombone won’t go to waste then…)
Continue readingCopies today despatched to snugglebunnyjm and veeb. This means I have a further 12 copies still available of this limited edition work…
Continue reading( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) The Prettiest Town in the North Day 4. 18 June 2004 Friday. Slept well in the former House of Correction and woke at around 9 o’clock to shower, dress and join Adi…
Continue readingApparently some of my loyal readers, whilst enjoying hearing about my adventures in Iceland, are stumbling over some of the Icelandic words. Anyway in the spirit of thoughtfulness and helpfulness, I am considering using the phone post feature to compile…
Continue reading( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) Go West (it’s the end of road, and we know it) Day 3. 17 June 2004 Thursday. Independence Day. I wake to bright sunshine filtering in through the windows – a good…
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